Improvement in coach-painters  easels



D. 'RJ HARRIS, OF SOUTH NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK.

Lettersv Patent No, 113,049, dated March 28, 1871;` antedated March 16,1871.

IMPRovEMEN-rm 'coAcH-PAINTER'S EAsELs.

The Schedule referred to in thelcLctters Patent:v and making part of the5am..

Towhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. R. Hamers, of South New Berlin, Ohenaugo county,and `State of New York, have invented a new and usefulmachine, which Idenominate a Universal Trestle for Holding Carriage or Buggy-Bodies, orthe wheels of carriages and other articles, while undergoing finishing,repairing, or paintturning any side of the work to the light, or to 'adesired position for convenient appiicationof the tools in use, andespecially to. present the surface being painted or varnished in -themost favorable position, and the followingjs a full and correctdescription of the same.

My invention consists in arranging upon one standard, that may be rm inthe floor or otherwise, two right-audlleft joints, placed to operate atright angles to each other, so that, by the almost endless variety ofadjustment of these two joints, almost any position of the article beingwrought upon is secured.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, with body of wagon-bodyattached. v

Figure 2, another side view, lying at right angles to the iirst.

Figure 3, same view as fig. 2, save that the upper joint is turnedpartially to the left. v

Figure 4, the reverse side of g. 3, andthe upper joint turned theopposite to the position in Iig. 3.

A A' A", main post or standard, with two joints, made by mortise'or slotand interlocking tenon C.

g The object of my'invention is to aiord facilities for B, the feetorstay-braces.

O, tenons;`tting into corresponding slots, as may be seen-in thedrawings.

D, a metallic plate, through which and lthe tenon l Gand adjacent partof standard'A passes the pivot e, on which the parts above turn. y

g,a tightening-screw, passing through the circular slot h and into thewood at that part of the post A.

' I represents a buggy-body now on the trestle.

j, clamps, bywhich the articles to be wrought upon are held in place'.yl

k, frame or base upon which the superstructure stands.

l, link and staple, which may be used instead of the base k, yand wouldhold the testle to the floor of the yIt will readily be seen that, bythe two joints illustrated in the drawings, any desired position of thework in hand can be obtained. The turning or tipi ping over laterally ofparts of the post itself, as in figs. 3 and 4, gives adaptation to allforms of articles.

Whatl claim as of my invention, andV desire to secure by LettersPatent,'is

The standard, composed of the three parts A, A',-

and A", when arranged and combined with each other and the gauge-platesD, substantially as described and set forth.

, D. R. HARRIS. Witnesses:

R. H. MARSH, D. C. OoLBY.

